Makin' plain ol' hets

Well, I just wanted to share my first clutch of 2010 with you all, nothing fancy but still something to be happy about.

VPI Axanthic x Normal

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The proud father

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Mom and her clutch

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She wasn't too happy with me when I went for her eggs...

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She gave me seven nice eggs and one slug. This is without the slug.

Now it's only 60 long days left...

Congrats! and thers nothing wrong with hets

Congrats

congrats! i like the daddy:gj:

Congrats! Man, that axanthis is beautiful! How old is he/big? He doesn't look browned out at all!

He's a -08 and about 900 grams.

To be honest, the picture doesn't do him justice, he's even more silver/black with crisp contrasts. You should see him when he sheds...

Do all VPI's look that good when they get old? I'd love an Axanthic, but I'd hate for it and progeny to look normal for most of their lives.

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Originally Posted by KeXx

He's a -08 and about 900 grams.

To be honest, the picture doesn't do him justice, he's even more silver/black with crisp contrasts. You should see him when he sheds...

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There is only one solution to this injustice--more pics!

Seriously though, congratulations on the clutch, and he really is a beautiful boy. I hope that whenever I can get my hot little hands on an axanthic, that it'll hold its color as well as your boy!

From what I've heard, and seen for that matter, the VPI Axanthics doesn't tend to brown out as much as TSK and Joliff Axanthics.

I'll snap some more pics when he's newly shed. He will be the future star of my Snow project...

A good Axanthic doesn't really look normal even if they brown out a alot. You can still see the difference. It's just REALLY hard taking pictures of their true colors.

That is one good looking Axanthic!

*BUMP*

Well, it came to day 60 and I decided to cut the eggs.

I thought I was going to produce plain old hets, but I might be mistaken...

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Well, hold on a minute!! What the hell is that? We might need to take a closer look here...

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Not close enough? Ok...

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Any input on this matter would be great! Thanks for looking!

She was cheating on her man! Looks like you had a spider sneak in there. That sucks now you won't know if they are 100% hets, sorry man.

Very possible that girl retained sperm from last year. Unless that is just a really reduced pattern normal. What's the history on her?

She had a clutch with a Spider two years ago. Last year she rested.

Now this clutch went from bad to worse... Seven eggs - one Spider. Terrible odds, unless it's a split clutch.

I hate these mind games!

wishing you luck on a split!

*UPDATE*

Well, this wasn't exactly what I wanted, but I guess things go this way now and then. Out of seven eggs two hatchlings died withing 24 hours of crawling out of the egg, two were dead in the eggs and three are healthy.

The Spider-looking animal was a normal with goofy marking, but it was dead and it looked underdeveloped.

One of the surviving males had a wrapped umbilical cord so he weighed in at 25 grams.

So out of this trainwreck I got 2.1 het VPI Axanthics.

Better than nothing I guess...

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Originally Posted by stevepoppers

Do all VPI's look that good when they get old? I'd love an Axanthic, but I'd hate for it and progeny to look normal for most of their lives.

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I dont get this normal comparison..might be lucky but mine def look axanthic.

Good luck on the odds with the hets..fingers crossed for some nice girls :gj:
Edit..sorry on the odds..bad luck